Time for the first update on my Ground UMC! Right now I'm moving on to the next two gyms in HeartGold. For the teams, I'm going to put my HM slaves ad Pokemon I just haven't bothered boxing yet as faded out sprites. I've gotten a lot done, and I'm just ready to keep on moving along!

Black
- Chose Snivy as my starter
- Defeated Bianca and Cheren
- Traveled to Accumula Town
- Defeated N
- Defeated Biance
- Traveled to Straiton City
- Went to the Dreamyard to get Panpour so I wouldn't have to waste my time grinding for Chili
- Defeated Cheren
- Defeated Chili

Went down cycling road
Went into wayward cave
CAUGHT GIBLE party member #4
Called it hades
Dawn have me the vs seeker
Went through mount coronet
Did some training
Hades evolved into Gabite
Beat hearthome gym on the 3rd try
Big G evolved into Graveler

Hey Necrum, I have a question. I have a fully completed Emerald save file. Can I trade my Alakazam to that file, teach it Ice Punch via Battle Frontier and trade it back? I also want to do this for Gardeviour.

pokemon party so far lv: 38
dream eater/ confuse ray/ night shade/ hypnosis
i'm thinking about getting another haunter with different moves but i'm still not sure...

quick question
when I play silver could I please hack in misdreavus at the beginning of the game? I know I can get a gastly before the first gym but I can't get a misdreavus until I get all the 16 badges, and I want to have something other than haunters before then

Hey Necrum, I have a question. I have a fully completed Emerald save file. Can I trade my Alakazam to that file, teach it Ice Punch via Battle Frontier and trade it back? I also want to do this for Gardeviour.

Sorry, you need to keep it self contained. Only trading allowed is for Pokemon available in the opposite version, getting a Pokemon when your type isn't before the third gym, and evolutions.

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Originally Posted by razzbat

quick question
when I play silver could I please hack in misdreavus at the beginning of the game? I know I can get a gastly before the first gym but I can't get a misdreavus until I get all the 16 badges, and I want to have something other than haunters before then

Sorry, no. I have to hold everyone to the same standard. Everyone else who did mono ghost had to do it too. If you want to use Misdreavus you could always play HeartGold or SoulSilver since those games have Misdreavus on the path to Safari Zone.

Finally beat Red with Monotype Bug! Very surprised by where I had trouble, which was really only Lorelei, it was terrible! I had absolutely zero trouble from any other boss, but jeez, her Ice moves are terrible. Bug was really useful first gen, strong against so much.

- Arrived on Cinnabar Island
- Went through the Pokemon Mansion and received the Secret Key
- Used TM22 to teach Margarine Solarbeam
- Challenged Blaine
- Blaine used a Super Potion on Growlithe the first turn before I had even had a chance to attack him...
- Fun Guy took out Growlithe with Dig
- Blaine used a Super Potion on Ponyta, again before being attacked
- Gambit raised his attack with Swords Dance, then beat Ponyta with Slash
- Margarine put Rapidash to sleep with Sleep Powder and beat him with Psychic
- Arcanine took out Fun Guy, Sgt. Sting, and Margarine with Fire Blast
- Gambit finally beat Arcanine with Slash
- Defeated Blaine and received the Volcano Badge

- Umpteenth battle against Xerxes
- Sgt. Sting weakened Pidgeot, but was taken out by Quick Attack
- Fun Guy finished off Pidgeot with Slash
- Fun Guy defeated Rhyhorn with Mega Drain
- Margarine beat Gyarados with Psychic
- Growlithe took out Margarine with Ember
- Gambit knocked out Growlithe with Slash
- Gambit used Swords Dance and Leer, then destroyed Alakazam with Slash
- Fun Guy weakened Venusaur, but was beaten by Razor Leaf
- Gambit finished off Venusaur with Slash
- Defeated Xerxes
- Entered Victory Road
- Arrived in the Pokemon League
- Bought a ludicrous amount of healing items
- Challenged Lorelei
- Fun Guy put Dewgong to sleep and took her out with Slash
- Sgt. Sting beat Cloyster, Slowbro, and Jynx
- Margarine put Lapras to sleep and beat it with Psychic
- Defeated Lorelei and healed up
- Challenged Bruno
- Fun Guy took out both Onixs with Mega Drain
- Margarine swept the rest of Bruno’s team with Psychic
- Defeated Bruno
- Challenged Agatha
- Fun Guy took out Golbat with Slash
- Fun Guy took out Haunter, both Gengars, and Arbok with Dig
- Defeated Agatha and healed up
- Challenged Lance
- Gambit took down Gyarados with Slash
- Fun Guy took out both Dragonairs with Slash
- Fun Guy took out Aerodactyl with Mega Drain
- Fun Guy put Aerodactyl to sleep with Spore and beat it with Slash
- Defeated Lance and healed up
- Final battle with Xerxes
- Gambit beat Pidgeot and Alakazam with Slash
- Fun Guy took out Rhydon with Mega Drain
- Margarine poisoned Gyarados with Toxic and Sgt. Sting finished him off with Skull Bash
- Gambit took out Arcanine and Venusaur with Slash
- Defeated Xerxes and completed the game

~-~ Team ~-~

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~-~ Team Synopsis ~-~

MVP - GambitSlash - Swords Dance
Leer - Rage
For the time it took to save up the money for Gambit, he was worth it. Gambit’s best feature was the absolute Speed hacks he got for Criticals. Since they were based on Speed instead of Luck, every Slash from Gambit was a Critical, making him a devastating force. Gambit ended at the highest level, and had two stats over 140, acing through Pokemon that should kill him normally. Slash was clearly the main move, and pretty much the only move I ever used. Swords Dance, Leer, and Rage just kind of happened, but never actually helped because of how the Criticals worked first gen. If Criticals worked this way in other games, I would use a Scyther every time.

LVP - Sgt. StingPoison Sting - Twineedle
Pin Missile - Skull Bash
I expected Sgt. Sting to become obsolete, but he really served his use for the first 6 gyms much better than I expected he would. With Bug type’s incredible power in the first generation, he was the wild card that took down Poison, Psychic, and Ghost types with ease. However, his low stats really shined once we got to the Elite Four, and I had counted on him to take out Agatha. However, he didn’t do really anything for the last stretch of the game, and unfortunately got placed as LVP because of it. Poison Sting was never really used, and was simply a relic of his old Weedle days. Twineedle was Sgt. Sting’s best attack, as it was both powerful, hit twice, and could poison. Because of this, Twineedle was Sgt. Sting’s main attack, and was quite useful while Sgt. Sting was helpful. Pin Missile was Sgt. Sting’s other Bug type move, and was used on bulkier Pokemon with more health, since it had the chance to hit 5 times. Skull Bash was very useful, as it allowed me to hit targets that Poison Sting and the Bug moves didn’t do well with. Sgt. Sting was extremely useful as an early Pokemon, but just became unusable as the late part of the game progressed. I could see using him again, but not as a permanent member of my team.

MargarineSolarbeam - Psychic
Toxic - Sleep Powder
Margarine was a useful Pokemon on my team, especially as it was my main Special attacking force. Both of Margarine’s offensive moves, Psychic and Solarbeam, provided excellent coverage from Poison and Rock types, both being boosted by an impressive Special stat. In addition, Toxic and Sleep Powder saw their use too, especially in the Elite Four, making it actually possible to beat some of the tougher Pokemon. Butterfree was very good in this generation, however most of her Special stat went into Special Defense, not Attack, making Butterfree a much less useful Pokemon. Playing Red, I would love to use her again.

Fun Guy

Slash - Mega Drain
Spore - Dig
Fun Guy was a very good balanced attacker on my team, having high Attack and Special, complementing Slash and Mega Drain nicely. Slash was my basic move, since it had the highest PP, but whenever I had type advantage, I would go for Dig on Fire types and Mega Drain on Rock and Water types. Spore was a very tactical move, and actually made it possible to defeat Lorelei’s absurd Pokemon. Even with 3 quad weaknesses, Fun Guy made an excellent addition to the team, and I would gladly use him again in a later game.

Sorry, no. I have to hold everyone to the same standard. Everyone else who did mono ghost had to do it too. If you want to use Misdreavus you could always play HeartGold or SoulSilver since those games have Misdreavus on the path to Safari Zone.

damn, fair enough. I'll just go through silver with more haunters then
kanto update #2
>renamed first haunter to Yawntermon
>beat goivanni and got silph scope at team rockets hideout
>caught another gastly at pokemon tower, named it Spectre
>Spectre evolved to haunter
>defeated Erika
>went down cycling road
>defeated Koga
>got HM Fly
>got water to get into saffron city
>defeated giovanni again at silph co
>defeated sabrina
>went to safari zone to get HM Surf
>got key to get into cinnaber gym
>defeated Blaine
>defeated Giovanni at viridian gym
>got through victory road
>defeated elite 4 and the final rival
finished kanto!!! now off to johto with silver :D

3rd update:
- Went through route 118 and 119
- Defeated Team Aqua on the weather institute
- Defeated May
- Caught a Tropius (Thaddeus)
- Got the Devon Scope
- Got defeated by Winona 2 times
- Defeated her on the 3rd try with Leech Seed from Cacturne, Confuse Ray and Acid from Lileep
- Went through routes 120 and 121
- Defeated May at Lilycove

-After some MAJOR grinding and a few attempts, my team FINALLY beat the Elite 4!! (:
-Lorelei was fairly easy since I had Guppie. He was MVP for this battle. (:
-Battling Bruno was also fairly easy... Once again, Guppie proved himself. Subsequently, he was also MVP.
-Agatha... was a pain in the ass. D: Guppie was useful since he had moves that could hit the ghosts... And hypnosis was helpful. Baxter also shone through a bit... But his Special stat was abysmal. So there's that...
-Lance. Oh Lance. Lance Crackers. Ice Beam saved my fannie for this one!

Over all, Guppie was my main guy. Everyone else just kind of acted as support and a scapegoat when I needed to switch or heal.

So I started my Platinum portion of the Mono-Electric challenge and so far it's pretty awesome.
Here's my first update:

Mono-Electric Challenge: Platinum

- Started game, named myself "Lucas" and my Rival "Barry"- Chose Piplup so Barry would have Turtwig for an extra Challenge- Talked to Rowan, then listened to Dawn blab about catching Pokemon- Caught a Male "Shinx" and named him "Simba"- Did the Jubilife City crap then beat Barry just outside the city- Made it to Oreburgh and entered the Gym with a Luxio...- Somehow managed to Leer Roark to death and obtained my well deserved Coal Badge- Traveled all the way to Floaroma and headed to the Valley Windworks- Kicked Mars and the rest of Team Galactic out of the Windworks- Traveled through Eterna Forest and arrived in Eterna City- Had the hardest fight with Gardenia that I've ever had and obtained the Forest Badge- Entered the Old Chateau and caught my Rotom named "Geist"- Made the long trek to Hearthome City and grabbed an Eevee named "Minato"- Bit my way through Hearthome Gym and defeated Fantina for the Relic Badge- Skipped over to Solaceon Town and enteredSolaceon Ruins for a Thunderstone to evolve Eevee- Skipped all the way to Backlot's Mansion and caught a Male Pikachu named "Raikov"- Grabbed another Thunderstone from the Underground and evolved Pikachu- Went back to Veilstone and beat Maylene for the Cobble badge

Alright, that's it so far, I'm looking forward to the rest of this challenge.

- Beat the next 6 gym leaders
- Finished off the Aqua/Magma Plot
- Saved the World and stuff
- During all this I caught a Spoink, Staryu, Baltoy and hatched the Wynaut.
- Everyone except Kadabra fully evolved
- Beat Elite 4
- Beat Champion with final move being Mirror Coat by Wobbuffet.

Pokemon Sapphire Monotype Update 4:
- Went to Mt. Pyre where I defeated Team Aqua
- Went to the Aqua hideout got the Master Ball and Archie ran away
- Went to Mosdeep and defeated Tate and Liza with Sly (Grovyle) and Galleth (Lilleep/Cradily) who evolved
- Went to the abandoned ship, got the Water Stone and evolved Henriette to a Ludicolo
- Went to Sootopolis city to register it as a flying spot
- Went to the Underwater Cave where Team Aqua was and defeated Archie (I have screen captures :D)
- Went to Sootopolis and caught Kyogre (which I can't use obviously)
- Defeated Wallace with Sly (Grovyle) and Galleth (Cradily... which is becoming the powerhouse of the team)
- Got all 8 badges!!!!!

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I won't be updating for a while because I'm going to train till lvl 55 to win the league

>chose totodile for hm slave
>caught 2 gastly at sprout tower, named one spectre the other big-don
>majorly struggled (pun not intended) against all normal type pokemon
>defeated Falkner by using up all pp with spectre and spamming struggle
>spectre learned curse so battles were slightly easier
>defeated bugsy
>big-don evolved to haunter
>trade evolved big-don to gengar
>defeated whitney
>changed spectre's name to phantome and evolved him up to gengar
>defeated Morty

I got bored so I started another monotype on pokemon yellow. It's an electric monotype, cuz I figured with getting Pikachu straight off and feeling a bit nostalgic, it would be fun. Of course, now I have to try to figure out how to set off the sprinklers in Brock's gym. I'll finish the other monotypes eventually, I swear! (After starting another 2 or 3, probably, lol.)

Did the pokestar studios stuff (so boring :'c )
Went to castelia city
Did the castelia sewers stuff
Cleopatra evolved into Leavanny
Beat castelia gym
Beat colress
CAUGHT DWEBBLE party member #2
called her ROCKstar
Put Temp in PC
Went to nimbasa city
Challenged Elesa
Lost
CAUGHT VESPIQUEN party member #3
Called her Victoria (all my pokés so far are girls :P)
Did a heap of unnecessary training
ROCKstar evolved into Crustle
Realised if you used stealth rock on Elesa you could beat Emolga and Flaafy without doing anything
Beat Elesa

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